Market Commentary, 04/08/19

Stocks climbed throughout the week, with the Dow +1.9%, the S&P +2.1%, and the Nasdaq +2.7%. The S&P 500 finished the week with its seventh daily gain in a row. The rally that started in late December has returned stocks close to the record heights reached more than six months ago. As of Fri...
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Market Commentary, 04/02/19

The Markets: The major US stock market indices finished last week higher, with the Dow +1.7%, the S&P +1.2%, and the Nasdaq +1.1%. Yesterday (04/01/19) the market continued its upward movement with all three indices up about 1.2%. (www.finance.yahoo.com; 04/02/19) Financial talkers (radio and TV...
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Market Commentary 3/27/19

The positive start in the stock market last week reversed on Friday (03/22/19) to bring the major indices into the negative for the week, with the Dow down 1.3%, the S&P 500 down 0.8%, and the Nasdaq down 0.6%. International: This end-of-the-week decline was felt worldwide – indices in France,...
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Market Commentary, 03/04/19

The major US indices finished the week mixed, with the Nasdaq up 0.9% and the S&P 500 gaining 0.4%. However, the Dow finished the week essentially unchanged declining just five points, unfortunately stopping its consecutive weekly gains at nine. February proved to be another strong month with th...
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Market Commentary, 02/25/2019

The Dow finished in the positive for the ninth consecutive week, its longest streak in nearly 25 years. The Dow rose 148 points to close the week up 0.6%, the S&P 500 also gained 0.6%, and the Nasdaq rose 0.7%. Entering the final week of February, the S&P 500 is on pace to record its [&helli...
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